King City Gardens leadership
King City Gardens began with a group of five business owners, FOX19 reported. Its press releases name three co-founders, Caveh Azadeh, Bill Foster and Steve Anevski, and trade press names the directors who run its grow. The company describes itself as veteran-owned.
Sources: FOX19, August 27, 2025 (opens in a new tab); PR Newswire, September 7, 2023 (opens in a new tab); PR Newswire, July 14, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Founders
Caveh Azadeh
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
“We are incredibly proud to unveil King City Gardens”
Sources: PR Newswire, July 14, 2026 (opens in a new tab); PR Newswire, September 7, 2023 (opens in a new tab)
Bill Foster
Co-founder
Cannabis Business Times reported that he had followed Ohio cannabis since the 2015 ballot issue.
“We are thrilled to introduce King City Gardens to the Cincinnati community and the entire state of Ohio”
Sources: PR Newswire, September 7, 2023 (opens in a new tab); Cannabis Business Times, May 19, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Steve Anevski
Co-founder
“We are not only cultivating exceptional medical cannabis but also cultivating opportunities for the Cincinnati community”
Running the grow
Justin Matherly
Director of Grow Operations
Hortibiz reported 23 years of cultivation experience.
“I’ve done this for a long time”
Sources: Hortibiz, May 14, 2025 (opens in a new tab); WCPO, November 2, 2023 (opens in a new tab)
Richard Mursinna
Director of Operations
MMJ Daily reported that he holds a PhD in biochemistry.
Stephen Weik
Director of Training and Special Projects
“we can continue to get better, we can continue to improve on practices and procedures that set us apart from other growers”
Josh Weil
Head of Marketing, King City Gardens and The Garden Dispensary
Titles as reported on the date of each source.
Questions
Who owns King City Gardens?
The reports cited here do not list its current owners. King City Gardens began with a group of five business owners, FOX19 reported, and its press releases name three co-founders: Caveh Azadeh, Bill Foster and Steve Anevski. It describes itself as veteran-owned.
Who are the co-founders of King City Gardens?
Caveh Azadeh, Co-Founder and Managing Partner; Bill Foster, co-founder; and Steve Anevski, co-founder, as named in the company’s press releases.
Who runs the King City Gardens grow?
Justin Matherly is Director of Grow Operations; Hortibiz reported 23 years of cultivation experience. Richard Mursinna is Director of Operations.
Is King City Gardens veteran-owned?
Yes. Its July 14, 2026 release describes King City Gardens as a Cincinnati-based, veteran-owned cannabis cultivator and processor.
Sources
Every statement on this page rests on these reports, each linked.
- 01One year of recreational cannabis in Ohio: How is the industry doing? (opens in a new tab)FOX19, August 27, 2025
- 02Introducing King City Gardens: Elevating Medical Cannabis Cultivation in Cincinnati, Ohio (opens in a new tab)PR Newswire, September 7, 2023Our brief on this story
- 03King City Gardens Announces Exclusive Partnership to Bring Jeeter to Ohio This July (opens in a new tab)PR Newswire, July 14, 2026
- 04King City Gardens' Untold Story (opens in a new tab)Cannabis Business Times, May 19, 2025Our brief on this story
- 05How a renovated K-Mart became home to Ohio's premier cultivator (opens in a new tab)Hortibiz, May 14, 2025
- 06Here's what it looks like inside Hamilton County's first medical marijuana cultivation facility (opens in a new tab)WCPO, November 2, 2023
- 07Growing cannabis in an old K-Mart (opens in a new tab)MMJ Daily, May 15, 2025